The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-03
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black fox.
There are ll3 farmers In the Connecticut
legislature.
watermeons are being sold in the markets
at Santa Cruz Cal.
Thirty-eight- pound turkeys nc common in
southern Kentucky.
A dynamite factory at Waulhatchie, Tex.
tuns out a ton day.
New York society ladies' carry purses in the
shape OF Kittens head.
Pudding-eating contests are popular In Seat
dc, Washington territory.
A dressed hog Weighing 7l2pounds is on ex-
hibitlon In Monterey, Cal.
In Los Angeles, Cal, servant-glrls receive
from sl5 to $50 per month.
New Orleans, according to recent estimates,
has population OF 100000.
A New York Italian allowed her child to die
of diphiheria TO save doctors bill.
1t is said that silk ribbon Is a better light
ming conductor than n rod OF metal.
Mrs. Flood, of Philadelphia is lO2 years old,
and does most OF her own houseworh
Poodes weighing less than. ten Pounds are
exemnt from taxation in Connecticut
According to Brooliyns latest directory
here are 10000 residents of that city.
Eight Cinnamon joined the Central Congre.
gational charch In New York city recently.
Nearly 100 gin-houscs were destroyed by fire
~ Alabama during the past three months.
The finest collection of cool,-hooke in tho
world is owned b. New YORK chef de cuisine.
A full-blooded Oregon Indian purchased a
sewing machine as a Christmas present for his
wife
It is estimated that 100000 bales Of cot
ton will constitute the cotton crop OF the south
his year
A turkey stuffed with mushrooms was one
of the features of recent New York din
ner party.
The holiday trade in New York was greater
than ever before known, and is estimated at
s5,0O0,0OO
A remarkable Florida production is gera
MUM that measures thirty-two inches in cir
conference.
Twenty five million feet of lumber is being
sawed up into ties for II railroad company at
'rruckee, New.
According to the report of the internal revc'
nue. bureau $50 persons In Vermont pay
lquor-dealer's tax.
A California farmer hanged himself few
days ago because he was afraid that dry
season is impending.
Mosquitoes have made their appearance a.
Brownsville, Tex, and the Inhabitants are pre-
pairing for a long summer.
"Sun parlors," or glass-inclosed piazzas,
where invalids can recuperate, are feature OF
the first-cass hotels in Florida
The theater-going population of London is
estimated at 100000, while 5000 foreigners
visit the city every day to be amused.
The Humane society at Philadelphia keeps
a boat on runners ready to rescue anyone who
breaks through the ice on the Schuylkill
The editor of The Iberpiile Q.a.) Democrat
yves his readers their valuable paper in the
form Of half-sheet, all he can afford oglve, he
says, to people who pay him only half they owe
him.
The following verdict was recently rendered
in Woodland Cal: I'VE, the jury, find the
defendants not guilty, with the recommends
tion that they leave town within forty-eight
hours.
Travel on the Brooklyn bridge footpath was
prevented for the third time one day last
week by Ice The ice which freezes on the
cables and suspendcrs falls in such quantities
when the weather moderates that walking Is
unsafe on the promenade
Chemists say that sweetness is the only orig
NAL and genuine pleasure OF taste. They also
claim that what distinguishes one kind OF sour
from another Is not the taste, which varies
only In degree Of concentration and intensity,
hut the accompanying odor.
A French lawyer asked peasant2 francs 70.
a case which lie had won for him. THAT is
dear" said the peasant 1.-TWO francs or moth
ing" said the lawyer. "Ahl nothing suits me
better; good day; much obliged" replied thu
peasant, to the surprise OF the lawyer.
The characteristics Of several nations have
been summed up In the following concise form:
The first thing Spaniard does on founding
colony is TO build gallows; Portuguese, to
build church; an Englishman, drinking
booth, and Frenchman, a dancing-foor.
A woman In Bridgeport Conn.,, has com
planned to the police that her Salvation army
husband was making life miserable around
home by too much praying and singing and
assaults upon her and the children, because
they do not believe in his religious methods.
The decline OF rlne-shooting is attracting
much attention among military men in New
York. Ten years ago thousands assembled at
Creedmoor to witness the international match
es, while to-day 1t would be impossible to
gather corporars guard to watch contest
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